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CJRLC Newsletter
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February 2008
C J R L C UPDATE
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Region
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Newsletter
of Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, serving
Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties
CJRLC and its services are funded by the New Jersey State Library,
which is responsible for the coordination, promotion, and funding of
the New Jersey Library Network. |
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Want a Better Website!?
CJRLC is
offering several ways to improve your library website.
On
Monday, March 3, 10am-1pm, at Long Branch Public Library, Bud Kraus, of
The Joy of Code, will present a program on 7
Steps to a Better Website. This program is for anyone who has
any responsibility for the design and development of the web site,
including those with oversight responsibilities. This is not a hands-on
program, but Bud will go over the three phases to a better site:
Pre-Production, Production, and Release.
Then, on Monday, March 10
and Monday, March 17, Bud will conduct parts 1 and 2 of his hands-on
workshop, Great
Web Design with CSS. This workshop takes place over two full
days and is recommended for someone who knows at least something about
HTML. You need not know anything about CSS (cascading style sheets) -
Bud will teach you!
Ask yourself if you know how
to make a table, a list, a link, or a paragraph, and if the answer is
yes -- or close, this class is for you.
If the answer is no, you can
still sign-up for Bud’s self-paced, online course, The
Joy of Code, which will introduce you to all of this and help
you with your website skills. See our website
for more information, or contact amy@cjrlc.org.
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State Library
Honors CJRLC
From left to right: Kathy Holden (Rider
University), Kathi Peiffer (New Jersey State Library), and CJRLC’s
Connie Paul
Kathi
Peiffer, Director of NJSL’s Library Development Bureau, presented
CJRLC with a plaque at the December Membership meeting, thanking us for
our statewide efforts in Recruiting and Leadership training. Helping
Connie accept the award was Kathy Holden, Rider U., who was Board
President and instrumental in getting the recruiting initiatives
underway. Thanks to NJSL for supporting these initiatives and to State
Librarian Norma Blake for taking them statewide.
CJRLC’s New Blog!
We are
pleased to announce our new blog: http://www.cjrlc.org/blog!
Please be
sure to check it out as we will be sharing lots of information with you
there!
You can
subscribe via RSS feed or with your email address and get new posts
delivered right to you! Just look for this
in the upper left-hand corner of the blog and click on it. If you need
any help, contact amy@cjrlc.org /
732-409-6484.
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Congratulations on
New Position
Christine
McGovern, Matawan Public;
Frances Maye, Matawan Middle School;
Miranda Sulikowski, Forked River
School, Lacey Township;
Beth Abrams, Villa Victoria Upper
School;
Ocean County Library
- Some people have moved around:
Kelly Ann Pennell to Little Egg
Harbor;
Geri Gunther now at Point Pleasant
Beach;
June Schneider to Upper Shores;
Amy Schade now at Waretown; and,
Louis Nemphis to Whiting.
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NJALL’08, The NJ
Academy of Library Leadership, will be held May 4-7 at the Stella Maris
Retreat Center in Long Branch. We will be looking at the future of
libraries as well as our own paths in our career development.
If you are a librarian who
wants to explore and build your potential for leadership, send a letter
of application and a commitment from your employer to CJRLC. The costs
are supported by the New Jersey State Library! The leader is Maureen
Sullivan.
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President
Cathy Boss
Jersey Shore University
Medical Center
Vice
President
Marian Bauman
Neptune Public Library
Secretary
Karen Black
Community Middle School
West
Windsor-Plainsboro
Treasurer
Karen Klapperstuck
Bradley Beach Public Library
Members
Kathy Allert
Monmouth County Public Library
Robert Lackie
Rider University
Rebecca Lucas
Lay
Representative
Christine Morgan
Toll Gate Elementary School
Hopewell Valley
Carol Moroz
Manchester Township
High School
Rita Oakes
Ocean County Library
Catherine Pontoriero
Ocean County College
Wendy Simon
Lay Representative
Karen Siracusa
Mercer County Library
Karen Topham
Brookdale Community
College
Benjamin Williams
Georgian Court
University
Executive Director and Update Editor
Connie Paul
connie@cjrlc.org
Contributing Editor
Amy Kearns
amy@cjrlc.org
732-409-6484
Fax: 732-409-6492
1-800-316-2518
www.cjrlc.org
www.becomealibrarian.org |
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New Professional
Development
Items
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CJRLC has
two new items that you can borrow: From the AASL conference this
past October in Nevada, we have a CD, The Future Begins @Your Library.
And, from
Internet Librarian in California, also this past October, we have
an Interactive CD-ROM set.
If you
would like to borrow one of these, please contact the office at
732-409-6484 or carol@cjrlc.org.
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CJRLC Gaming
Gets Going! |
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On March
18, 2007, the CJRLC Tech Group meeting will focus on GAMING and everyone
is welcome!
There has
been a great response to the Gaming Kits CJRLC is putting together for
loan, and this will be your chance to get up-close-and-personal with
them!
We will
share some information on gaming and gaming in libraries, as well as how
to set up the equipment and PLAY!
The
meeting will be at Middletown Township Public Library
at 4:00 pm. Xbox 360 consoles will be available as well as the Nintendo Wii!
We will play Raving Rabbids, Wii Sports (bowling, tennis, etc.!), Dance,
Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, Rock Band and MORE!
See the
flyer in this mailing or on our website, and check out the CJRLC gaming
wiki at which we continue to flesh-out with
more information and help.
If you are interested,
please contact the office to let us know you’re coming at carol@cjrlc.org
or 732-409-6484.
If you
have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact amy@cjrlc.org.
Come out
and play!
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Consumer
Health
Initiative Update |
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What’s
the goal? A web tool for NJ citizens to find health information at a
library near them — public, academic, or hospital.
What will
it look like? A map of NJ with interactive sites linking to libraries,
and with an index by medical term.
Who’s
working on it? A committee of interested librarians headed by Cathy
Boss, Michelle Brewer, and Ingrid Bruck.
What’s
next? A survey of libraries in the state to get updated subject
specialties. Coming this month!
To See Ourselves
As
Others See Us
CJRLC’s
Fall Membership Meeting took place on December 19 at the Peddie School
in Hightstown. We were lucky to have OCLC’s George Needham as the
featured speaker!
George Needham, OCLC, and host Brian
DuBrule, Librarian, Peddie School
George
spoke about some of the findings from Perceptions of Libraries and
Information Resources, a report that OCLC published in 2005, and Sharing,
Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World, their latest report.
There
some fascinating findings for libraries in these reports as you can see
for yourself when you download George’s presentation
which is available on our website.
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Program
Coordinator's
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This
month we have another excellent program with Susana Baumann - 12
Magic Computer Phrases Library Personnel Need to Know in Spanish!
Susana’s
programs are always fun and interactive, and this workshop is no
exception! It will equip library staff with the knowledge and
resources to meet the technology needs of their Spanish speaking
patrons. You need not have any prior knowledge of Spanish to attend.
Participants will learn customer service vocabulary and grammar, as
well as some customs and values their Spanish speaking patrons have
about technology, in order to better assist them in the library.
The
workshop takes place on Wednesday, February 27th, 9:30-3:30, at the
Ocean County Library Lakewood Branch. Cost is $30 and includes lunch.
See the flyer
in this mailing and on our website. Please contact Carol Davis at carol@cjrlc.org
/ 732-409-6484 to attend.
Spotlight On
Committees:
Infolit
This committee discusses
issues of teaching library skills of all types, from elementary school
through adult. The Help Pages on our website was project of Infolit.
This project is in need of
updating, and there are many other issues and aspects of Information
Literacy to address, especially with so many new technologies emerging
so quickly.
If you are interested in
being a part of this committee, please contact amy@cjrlc.org.
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Phyllis’s
Favorites
for February |
American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/
home/saff/main.html
Artcyclopedia: The Fine
Art Search Engine
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
The Atlantic Slave Trade
and Slave Life in the Americas
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/
Slavery/index.php
The Black Wings Story
http://www.nasm.si.edu/
interact/blackwings/
ChemTutor
http://www.chemtutor.com/
InVision Guide to a
Healthy Heart
http://www.invisionguide.com/heart/
Journey of Mankind: The
Peopling of the World
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/
journey/
Navajo Code Talkers
http://bingaman.senate.gov/
features/codetalkers/
Pompeii: Stories from an
Eruption
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pompeii/
RACE: Are We So
Different?
http://www.understandingrace.org/
home.html
Student's Friend: World
History & Geography
http://www.studentsfriend.com/
Study Guides and
Strategies
http://www.studygs.net/
The Write Site
http://www.writesite.org/
--
Phyllis Anker
anker@hslc.org
Editor’s Note:
To subscribe to an email list of selected daily
websites 5 days/week, email Phyllis above.
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We have
some new books you can borrow from us including:
Library 2.0 A Guide to Participatory Library
Service, by Casey and Savastinuk
Social Software in Libraries, by Meredith
Farkas
Information Tomorrow Reflections on Technology
and the Future of Public and Academic Libraries, edited by Rachel
Singer Gordon.
If you would like to borrow one of these titles,
please contact the office and we will lend you one.
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We have
some items to sell from the NJLA store. If you need a watch or
afghan, let us know and we can send it or you can pick it up.
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Congratulations to Norma Blake, LJ’s Librarian of the
Year! Library Journal announced the award at a wonderful
dinner on Friday, January 11 at Midwinter in Philadelphia.
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The 2008
ALA Emerging Leaders program got off to a good start at Midwinter!
For more information on participants and projects, see http://wikis.ala.org/
emergingleaders. Connie co-chairs the program with Maureen
Sullivan.
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Connie
will be moderating a panel on leadership at the Thinking Ahead
Institute at the Salt Lake City PL on March 15.
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February 1:
BookEval, Neptune PL, 9-1 PM, call Cheryl Otten for info, 732-775-8241,
x.305
February 4: Continuous Improvement,
Monroe Twp. PL, 9:30-4 PM.
February 18: Office Closed President’s Day
February 21: CJRLC Exec Board,
3:30-5:30, CJRLC
February 27: Twelve Magic Computer
Phrases Library Personnel Need to Know in Spanish, Lakewood PL, Susana
Baumann, 9:30-3:30, $30 includes lunch.
March 3: From Here to There: A Seven Step
Web Site Recovery Program by Bud Krause, Long Branch PL, 10-1, $20 (just the
beginning—see below) See p. 1.
March 7: CJARL (Academic Reference
Librarians), CJRLC, 10-12.
March 10: Continuous Improvement,
Step 2 Monroe Twp. PL, 9:30-4 PM
March 10 & 17: Great Web Design Hands
On by Bud Krause, two days, Long Branch PL 10-4. $80 ($60 if taken with
March 3 program.)
March 18: Tech Group, 4-5:30, Gaming
Middletown Twp PL, see p. 2
March 20: Exec Board, 3:30-5:30;
March 25-29: PLA in Minneapolis |
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New
Things! |
Want to try new things but
never have the time? Here is a chance for you to try one new thing a
month. On our new blog we will post
ONE NEW THING at the beginning of each month.
It might be a website. It
might be an online tool. It might be a resource. Try it out and play
with it for a month. Share your comments with everyone on the blog. Do
you like it? What have you found you can do with it? Did you find
something similar that you like more or less? Do you have questions?
Post them on the blog! We hope we can have an interesting and useful
conversation on the blog while learning new things!
The first NEW THING is up
for February already - check
it out.
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AASL Conference
CD Has Lots of Help
Didn’t
make it to AASL in Reno? You can still learn a lot from what went on
there. What will you find on the new AASL ‘07 Conference CD? How
about programs on:
Programs by our own Hilda Weisburg and Ruth Toor, and Cassandra
Barnett, Blanche Woolls, Annette Lamb and more!
How do
you get this great new CD on loan? Just call or email CJRLC and Sue
will send it out to you! (or put you on the list.)
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Cooperative
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